Synopsis
The adventure of an old grouch thrown, for one night, into a parallel space-time, a sort of Styx toward a grotesque judgment. For years, he has been walking around the same neighborhood every night. On this particular night, his reality shifts when he spits out his dentures.
Credits
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- Executive Producer : Mil Sabords
Full credits (11)
- Executive Producer : Isabelle Ternat
- Screenwriters : Nicolas Diologent, Laurent Brixtel
- Director of Photography : Robin Milly
- Music Composer : Alexandre Mosca
- Editors : Laurent Pannier, Nicolas Diologent
- Sound Recordist : Laurent Pannier
- Voice : Franck Soumah, Yamin Dib
- Production Designer : Patrice Marchand
- Animation : Nicolas Diologent
- Special Effects : Gilles Comps
- Sound Mixer : Laurent Pannier
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : Clay animation, Fantasy
- Themes : The absurd, Imagination
- Production language : No dialogue
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2005
- Runtime : 12 min
- Production formats : Digital photography
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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🏆 This short film won the César Award 2024 for Best Short Film (Fiction)